Riding attachment for harrows.



Patented July l6, I90l.

a. w. BEAIL; RIDING ATTACHMENT FOB-HARROWS.

(Application filed. Sept. 14, 1900.)

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GEORGE w]. BEAM, or CANTON, (OHIO, AssreNoR TO THE BUCHER AND PATENT OFFICE.

GIBBS PLO? COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

RIDINGATTACHMENT FOR HARROWS.

. srncrnrcn'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 67 ,37 da ed J y 1901- A Application filed September 14,1900. Serial No. 30,051. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W.REAM,a citizen of the United States, residing at Canton, Stark county,0hio, have invented certain-new A and useful Improvements in Riding Attachments for Harrows, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in riding attachment for harrows; and the ob- -IO ject of the invention is to provide an extremely simple form of attachment which can be readily applied to and removed from any harrow, in which the riders weight will be carried independently of the harrow, and which will readily accommodate itself to the turning of the harrow.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the attachment, showing in dotted lines a suflicient portion of a harrow to illustrate its application thereto. Fig.2 is an end View. Figs. 3 and 4 are details of the detaching-clip.

In the drawings, A A represent the cross- 2 5 bars of a spring-toothed harrow of the ordinary or any desired construction.

A bar B carries the seat 0, upon which the operator or driver sits, the bar being provided at its forward end with depending arms 0 D, which are secured to the forward crossbar of the harrow. Thesearms are preferably formed from a single piece of metal bent into the shape shown and having its central portion bolted to the under face of the end of the bar. These arms carry at their lower ends attaching clips E, composed of two hinged sections 6, having curved portions to fit around the cross-bars of the harrow. At their upper ends they are perforated to permit the passage of a-securing-bolt e, which likewise passes through a hole opening in the lower end of the arm, one section lying against each face of the arm.- For additional strength and to facilitate assembling each section has a lug e projecting from one edge v thereof, adapted to abut against the edge of the arm. I

In order to further steady the seat=supporting bar, while at the same time permitting it and the wheel carried thereby to accommodate itself to an y'ineq ualities in the ground, forked I or bifu rcated arms F are provided, depending having its central portion bolted to the u'nder side of the bar. The bifurcations in the ends are of sufficient length to permit any necessary rise and fall of the beam without any danger of disengaging the forks from the cross-bar. At the rear of the bar is a casterwheel G, jou'rnaled in a trailing or rearwardly= inclined fork G, which has an upwardly-projecting stem 9, journaled in the rear end of the bar.

The seat 0 is mounted upon a rearwardlyinclined spring-support C, so that almost the entire weight of the rider is supported by the wheel and independent of the harrow.

It will thus be seen that an exceedingly simple form of attachment is provided easily and securely applied and as easily attached+ one in which only a single wheel is used, and yet which will ride steadily, turn easily, and accommodate itself freely to the relative rising-and-falling movement of the harrow due to uneven ground.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is--- 1. The combination with a harrow, of a seat, a supporting-bar therefor, a caster-wheel sup porting one end of the bar, a pivotal connection between the opposite end and the harrow and steadying means located between said pivotal connection and the caster-wheel, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a harrow, of a seat, a supporting-bar therefor, a caster-wheel supporting one end of the bar, a pivotal connec tion between the opposite end and the harrow an arm depending from said bar intermediately thereof having a vertically-sliding connection with said harrow, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a harrow-frame, of a seat, a supporting-bar therefor, a casterwheel carried at one end of the bar, arms depending from the opposite end thereof pivotally connected to the harrow'frame, and arms depending from said bar intermediate of its ends, said arms having sliding connection with said frame, substantially as described.

4-. The combination with a harrow-frame comprising a series of cross-bars, of a seat, a supporting-bar therefor, a caster-Wheel carried by said bar, arms depending from said bar pivotally connected at their lower ends to one of the cross-bars of said frame and arms carried by said seat-bar having slotted ends guided on one of the cross-bars of the frame to the rear of the first-mentioned crossbar, substantially as described.

and a device at each end of said yoke for pivotally connecting the same to the harrowframe, said devices comprising two members pivotally connected together having recesses in their opposing faces to receive one of the cross-bars of the frame, the free ends of said members being bolted to the ends of the yoke, substantially as described.

7. The combination with a barrow-frame, of a seat, a seat-bar, a caster-wheel, a yoke depending from said bar, steadying means and a device at each end of said yoke for pivotally connecting the same to the harrowframe, said devices comprising two members pivotally connected together, said members being duplicates of each other, the upper ends thereof being bolted to the ends of the yokes, each of said members carrying lugs adapted to bear against the edges of the ends of the yokes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE \V. BEAM.

Vitnessesz.

J os. H. MILLER, W. II. CAVNAH. 

